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Apps and information related to language and writing systems. Posts originate from 🐘 https://typo.social/@ri Short copies @r12a.bsky.social X now inactive.
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New feature: IPA analysis for orthographic notes. It's now possible to show IPA information for any IPA notation in the orthography notes by either clicking on the IPA, or typing into a control. See the pictures. Try it: r12a.github.io/scripts/thai/t…


New orthography notes, etc: SARAIKI For details see typo.social/@ri/1129325737…

WEBINAR: Bidirectional Text (Part 1): The Basics of Bidi Recording now available at youtube.com/watch?v=TWfvRd… Objective: Starting from no prior knowledge, provide you with a basic awareness of how to work with bidi text, using examples for plain text and HTML.

NEW ORTHOGRAPHY NOTES: Pashto For links & details see typo.social/@ri/1128514002…
NEW ORTHOGRAPHY NOTES: Sindhi (Arabic) Orthography: r12a.github.io/scripts/arab/sd Picker: r12a.github.io/pickers/arab-s… Term list: r12a.github.io/scripts/arab/s… (481 items) Chars: r12a.github.io/app-charuse/?l… Char notes: r12a.github.io/scripts/arab/s…

The Analyse String app can now show notes about characters inline. Try it out: r12a.github.io/app-analysestr…

UniView now supports Unicode Version 16, beta. r12a.github.io/uniview/ (For information about the Unicode beta, see unicode.org/versions/beta-…)
New orthography notes & picker: Sora Sompeng For details and links see typo.social/@ri/1124459297…

New orthography notes feature: Find a character For details, see typo.social/@ri/1122072139…

New picker/character app: Korean r12a.github.io/pickers/kore-k… For more, see typo.social/@ri/1122071300…
NEW APP: IPA analyser r12a.github.io/scripts/apps/i… Tells you what each of the IPA symbols mean, and if you need further explanations, points to detailed descriptions in Wikipedia. Here's an example: r12a.github.io/scripts/apps/i…ˈk͈a̠.ma̠.tʰa̠

Updated orthography notes, & new Lhasa Tibetan picker. For details see typo.social/@ri/1120317516…

NEW ORTHOGRAPHY NOTES: A-Hmao (Miao Pollard script) A-Hmao is spoken by around 300,000 speakers in southeast China. The Pollard script dates from 1905. For details see typo.social/@ri/1118965859…

NEW ORTHOGRAPHY NOTES: Wancho Wancho is spoken by around 50,000 speakers in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Myanmar, and Bhutan. See typo.social/@ri/1118432522…
ORTHOGRAPHY NOTES UPDATE: Lisu Various improvements added and information expanded. r12a.github.io/scripts/lisu/l…
NEW PICKER FEATURE: Text area search. Search key can be a regular expression. For more information see typo.social/@ri/1117644521…


NEW ORTHOGRAPHY NOTES: Kurdish Kurdish languages are spoken by several million people, principally in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. Here we look at orthographies of the 2 main languages, Kurmanji & Sorani. See typo.social/@ri/1117194709…

